East Lyme school marching band practices as competitions go virtual this year

August 11, 2020 12:00 am • Last Updated: August 11, 2020 7:28 pm

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

Tuba players Carter Bonura, a sophomore, right, and Michael Tangney, a senior, of the East Lyme High School marching band work together while they and their fellow brass unit members, split into two other groups, practice Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, during band camp at the high school. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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East Lyme — The East Lyme High School marching band has had to get creative during its band camp this year, due to coronavirus restrictions.

Units of the band were scattered around the high school's campus and the lawn of neighboring Flanders Elementary School on Tuesday, the second day of the camp, which runs noon to 8 p.m. through Friday. After that, they will begin practicing every Tuesday and Thursday until the end of their U.S. Marching Band Circuit competition season.

All the competitions this season will be virtual.

Angelica Fadrowski, the director of bands at East Lyme High School, said the band's season was able to go on as scheduled because it is easy for members to social distance, they don't share equipment and they connect by making music together.

Spencer Emanuel, right, woodwind and marching instructor, directs East Lyme High School marching band saxophonists Will Dumond, left, and Ryan Zhuang, center, both freshmen, while they and other members of the woodwind unit, split into two other groups, flute section in background, practice Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, during band camp on the lawn of Flanders Elementary School. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Pit percussionist Trayton Harris, a sophomore, and the drum line, in background, and other members of the East Lyme High School marching band's percussion unit practice Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, during band camp at the high school. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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